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datatime difference in R strptime difftime
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x1<-"2013-03-03 23:26:46.315558"
x2<-"2013-03-03 23:31:53.091022"
x1 <- strptime(x1, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%OS")
x2 <- strptime(x2, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%OS")
x2
[1] "2013-03-03 23:31:53"
x1
[1] "2013-03-03 23:26:46"
x2-x1
Time difference of 5.112924 mins
as.numeric(x2-x1)
[1] 5.112924
op <- options(digits.secs = 3)
x2
[1] "2013-03-03 23:31:53.091"
as.numeric(x2-x1,units="secs")
[1] 306.776
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